I mean, it's basically a 'DM choice', with Larian, and the game, being the DMs.
I can't be the only person who has had DMs (Or said myself as a DM) "We won't go above <x> level, because I don't have content planned for that in this story."
BG 1 & 2 aren't 'better' just because they arbitrarily have level 20 in their game; They are good games with enjoyable story (Though I'm not a fan of RTwP, so I have not revisited them in years. But they are still good games).
BG3 is not 'worse' just because the devs went with a lower level cap.
On top of that, coding and animating for literally everything was much easier twenty-five years ago.
To say "BG1 has more spells, so why is BG3 only level 12?!" is disingenuous, when said spells were simpler to code and animate a quarter of a century ago.
Not to mention Second Edition mechanics versus 5E mechanics.
Anyone can decide that BG1 and/or 2 are better than 3. For any reason they enjoy.
Anyone can decide that BG3 is better than 1 and/or 2. Again, for any reason they enjoy.
But that's just an opinion. Not an objective fact.
Honestly; I'd love post-game DLC that ups the level cap and/or adds more classes and races. I'd be first in line to buy it.
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